We are delighted to report two deliveries over Easter in Northern France. Lance Corporal Albert Henry Pollicott and Private Reginald Albert Miller. Pollicott AH (April 2015) Miller RA (April 2015)
The holiday season is getting under way, so do think about where you are going this summer and whether there may be a grave or memorial that you could visit on behalf of Thame Remembers. Even if its not you, your neighbour or friends may be going somewhere where we need a cross delivered. Surprisingly […]
The web site has now been updated to include a listing of casualties, both alphabetical and by location (under Roll of Honour) and a new section ‘Delivery Reports’, covering those already delivered.
Ian Jones, one of our steering group members, will be talking about his memories in Bomb Disposal. The talk is at Thame Museum on Thursday 9 April and promises to be a very enjoyable and informative evening. The talk starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 per person (£3 for Museum Members) and are available from […]
The latest Thame Remembers newsletter is now available for you to read. Read about the Battlefield Trip in October, the research of Herbert Jones, the visit to West Northwood cemetery … plus much more. Download issue 7 now.
The latest Thame Remembers newsletter is now available for you to read. Read about the furthest delivery in New Zealand, researching Bates T, and details of the Battlefield trip … plus much more. Download issue 6 now.
Our furthest challenge has been fulfilled. On a December summer morning in far-flung New Zealand , a Thame Remembers cross was delivered to the grave of George Bertie Parker in Karori Cemetery, Wellington. Sergeant Parker, born in Oxford in 1866, a pupil at Lord Williams’s School in Thame, and an athletics blue at Oxford, left […]
The latest Thame Remembers newsletter is now available for you to read. Read about Christmas in 1914, the 191st name… plus much more. Download issue 5 now.
The latest Thame Remembers newsletter is now available for you to read. Read about Remembrance Day, the amazing cross delivery in Tanzania, research news from the Imperial War Museum… plus much more. Download issue 4 now.
Thame Remembers – the unique and ambitious project challenging the Thame community to place a Thame Cross at the grave or memorial of every serviceman from Thame who lost their life in conflict during the last 120 years, wherever in the world that may be – paid a special tribute at the Remembrance Service […]